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Sliding petrol prices and an early Easter helped to push inflation down to its
lowest level in seven months.

Official figures showed that consumer prices inflation fell from 2.8 per cent
in March to 2.4 per cent in April, giving Mark Carney, the Canadian central
banker, some cause for optimism before he takes over the governorship of the
Bank of England in July.

The decline was driven mainly by lower petrol and diesel prices, which fell by
2.1p and 3.9p a litre, respectively. An earlier Easter compared with last
year also meant that April missed the normal spike in travel